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  1. Jan 2021
    1. What are the primary concerns on the situations?

      The occurrence of the river drying up is more often, and lasts longer. Threatens the livelihood of Shandong people and Henan, both farmers and citizens

    2. What impact will there be according to experts’ warning? Why?

      the yellow river could become a dried out riverbed due to a recent reduction in water level. Lose of 500km of the river.

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    1. List the possible good indoor spaces and worst places to hide mentioned in the passage during earthquakes.

      A place with support, like a corner of a wall, foot of a wall, away from places that have no support or large windows.

    2. What was the reason for the statement behind it?

      There isn't enough police and firefighting, as well as medical facilities, to hand the consequences of a bad quake that would destroy homes, road, bridges etc.

    3. What statement did FEMA issue on the 20th according to first paragraph?

      America should begin preparing for a potential Earthquake along a specific earthquake belt, or else there could be disastrous damages to the economy.

    4. List the situation in the Bei Chuan area.

      6/7th level of school collapsed, trapping students. 6 city officials perished or lost; 3 people dead, 3 lost. Over 60 percent of buildings and structures collapsed. Only 4000 escaped the city proper.

    5. List the condition of the disaster in the Mian Yang area.

      确认死亡人数超过7395人、此外18700人仍遭活埋,尚有近60000人下落不明。20,000 houses collapsed, 80 % of all houses.

    6. What were the damages near the Wenchuan County area and the nearby townships?

      Damages to infrastructure: bridges, roads, houses etc. People were afraid to return to their homes.

    7. Based on the first two paragraphs, describe the Great Sichuan Earthquake.

      It was a very strong, violent earthquake, whose tremors could be felt throughout half of China and eastern Asia. It caused vast amounts of property damage and many deaths.

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    1. What measures were taken? Why those measures were taken?

      Health Department made sanitation efforts, to protect the disaster victim from catching a serious illness.

    2. 强降雨影响,北川全县已有58000多名群众受灾,唐家山堰塞泄洪渠也被暴雨引发的泥石流堵塞。

      Q1: 58000 residents were affected by the disaster, the heavy rains caused mudslides.

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    1. 冬季漫长而寒冷,其中1月最冷,最低气温零下25℃至45℃。昼夜温差极大,夜里比白天温度要低20℃,所以即使夏季去呼和浩特也要带长袖衣服。灾害性天气有春旱和冬季暴风雪

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    2. 半干湿的温带季风气候,具有降水量少而不均、寒暑变化剧烈的显著特点。冬季漫长而寒冷,其中1月最冷,最低气温零下25℃至45℃。

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    3. What is winter like in Inter Mongolia?

      -30 degrees celcius low temp, violent winds, snows bad for tourism in general, but there is snowy landscapes and winter sports.

    4. 蒙古沙漠区气候比较恶劣,自然災害多, 春季经常有沙尘暴,夏天很热,冬日非常冷;只有秋季(8月-10月)有好天气,是跟随骆驼队走进沙漠旅游的最佳季节。

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    5. 从东边是呼伦贝尔草原到阴山河套平原是典型的草原气候区. 从阴山以西是典型的沙漠气候区。

      Q3: easternn part is comprised of grasslands climate; the western part is a desert climate.

    6. 草原区的春、夏、秋季几乎相连,5月-9月气候相对温和,清朗凉爽,适合游玩。不过去草原的最好季节还是在7月到9月,这时的草原不仅水草茂盛,牛羊成群,而且气候宜人

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    7. 内蒙古气候夏季温热而短暂,多数地区仅有一至两个月,部分地区无夏季。最热月份在7月,月平均气温在16℃–27℃之间,最高气温为36℃–43℃。

      Q2: this is a description of summertime in Inner Mongolia.

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  6. Sep 2020
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    1. 转业以后不一定要女方随他们走

      Is this translation correct? "After transferring to civilian work, it is not certain that the bride's family will follow them".